μεγαίρω

megairo

regard as too great

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 5
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Book 4 1
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454
Book 7 1
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7408
Book 13 1
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13563
Book 15 1
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15473
Book 23 1
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23865
Odyssey 3
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2235
Book 3 1
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355
Book 8 1
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8206

Dictionary (LSJ)

μεγαίρω, aor. ἐμέγηρα, (from μέγας, cf. γεραίρω from γεραρός (γέρας) prop. A. regard as too great: hence, I. grudge one a thing as too great for him, μέγηρε γάρ οἱ τό γʼ Ἀπόλλων Il. 23.865; ἐγὼ δέ τοι οὔ τι μεγαίρω Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.66. 2. c. inf. pro acc. rei, μηδὲ μεγήρῃς ἡμῖν εὐχομένοισι τελευτῆσαι τάδε ἔργα grudge us not the accomplishment . . , Od. 3.55, cf. h.Merc. 465: c. acc. et inf., μνηστῆρας . . οὔ τι μεγαίρω ἔρδειν ἔργα βίαια I complain not that . . , Od. 2.235; ὃν οὐδέ κεν αὐτὸς ἀείδειν Φοῖβος . . μεγαίροι Theoc. 7.101: c. inf. only, ἀμφὶ δὲ νεκροῖσιν κατακαιέμεν οὔ τι μεγαίρω I object not to [your] burning them, Il. 7.408: with inf. understood, τάων οὔ τοι ἐγὼ πρόσθʼ ἵσταμαι, οὐδὲ μεγαίρω (sc. διαπέρσαι) 4.54, cf. Call. Del. 163. 3. c. dat. pers. only, feel a grudge towards, Δαναοῖσι μεγήρας Il. 15.473. 4. abs., ἢ πὺξ ἠὲ πάλῃ ἢ καὶ ποσίν, οὔ τι μεγαίρω I care not which, Od. 8.206. 5. c. gen. rei, ἀμενήνωσεν δέ οἱ αἰχμὴν . . Ποσειδάων, βιότοιο μεγήρας Poseidon baffled his spear grudging him the life [of Antilochus, Il. 13.563; οὐ μ. τοῦδέ σοι δωρήματος A. Pr. 626; μοι . . ἐμέγηρε τόκοιο A.R. 1.289. 6. Pass., to be envied, AP 9.645.10 (Maced.). II. = βασκαίνειν, bewitch, ὄμμασι . . ἐμέγηρεν ὀπωπάς A.R. 4.1670. (Said to be a Salaminian word, Sch.Il. 13.563: in late Prose, as etym. of Μέγαιρα, Corn. ND 10.)

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